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The terrible thing that happened at our house

Blaine, Marge

When a mother goes back to work, things in the house get out of control. The kids feel left out and start to get upset. Finally, with a little compromising, things work out for the best.

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assertiveness, careers, compromise, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, family, feelings, parents, refusal skills, self esteem, teamwork, verbal communication, working mother

The tenth good thing about barney

Viorst, Judith

A young boy copes with the death of his cat by remembering what he loved about it.

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acceptance, cat, critical thinking, loss, memories, sadness, stress management, verbal communication

The teeth that looked for a new mouth

Jones, Jill

Luke refuses to brush his teeth despite his Mom's warnings about sugar bugs coming to eat his teeth. That night, Luke has a dream that his teeth try to find another mouth to live in because they are tired of being dirty with food stuck between them. In a startling end, Luke wakes from his dream and quickly goes to brush his teeth, promising that he will brush at least twice a day in order to maintain a healthy smile and happy teeth!

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animals, anticipation, bacteria, bedtime, behavior, body parts, cleanliness, consequences, destruction, fear, germs, goal setting, hygiene, refusal skills, routine, teeth, verbal communication

The teeny tiny teacher

Calmenson, Stephanie

The teeny tiny teacher and her teeny tiny students have a school day full of teeny tiny things. However, they are frightened by a voice coming from the closet asking for the bone the teacher found on their teeny tiny walk. Find out who the voice belongs to.

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alliteration, beverage, bones, fear, feelings, folktale, food, ghosts, learning, mystery, park, routine, school, science, sizes, teaching, verbal communication, walking

The talking cloth

Mitchell, Rhonda

Aunt Phoebe has a collection of many wonderful things, each having an interesting story. The little girl's favorite thing is an adinkra cloth from Ghana. It has many colors and symbols to represent feelings, faith, power, and love.

The tale of tuppenny

Potter, Beatrix

Tuppenny is a guinea pig who has very little hair. When the town barber comes up with a formula guaranteed to make hair grow, his friends make Tuppenny try it. His hair grows so much that cutting it does not help. He ends up joining the circus.

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animals, body parts, careers, decision making, determination, guinea pig, health, nonverbal communication, self esteem, uniqueness, verbal communication

The tale of tom kitten

Potter, Beatrix

Tom Kitten has two siblings. Their mother cleans them all and puts on nice clothes because her friends were coming to tea. The kittens then go out to play and get dirty. Three ducks come by and take their clothes. Their mother is very angry and sends them up to their room.

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animals, cat, cleanliness, clothing, duck, family, misbehavior, siblings, verbal communication

The tale of timmy tiptoes

Potter, Beatrix

Timmy Tiptoes is a squirrel who has a wife named Goody. When it is time to pick nuts to be stored for the winter, the other squirrels think Timmy stole their nuts so they push him into a hole. Timmy stays stuck there so Goody does not know where he is. Finally they find each other with the help of a chipmunk.

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animals, chipmunk, critical thinking, food, mischief, nutrition, overeating, preparation, seasons, spring, squirrel, verbal communication, winter, woods, worry

The tale of the flopsy bunnies

Potter, Beatrix

The flopsy bunnies fell fast asleep in a ditch outside Mr. McGregor's garden. Mr. McGregor emptied lawn mowing clippings into the ditch and noticed ears standing up. He took the rabbits and dropped them in his sack. Luckily Mrs. Tittlemouse found them and nibbled a hole in the sack so they could escape.

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animals, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, garden, helping, rabbit, rescue, sharing, verbal communication

The tale of squirrel nutkin

Potter, Beatrix

Nutkin is a little squirrel with no manners. Nutkin and the other squirrels ask Old Brown the owl if they can gather nuts. Nutkin is very disrespectful and bothers Old Brown. Old Brown bites Nutkin's tail off. Nutkin learns a hard lesson.

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animals, conflict resolution, disobedience, food, island, learning, misbehavior, nonverbal communication, nutrition, owl, rhyme, squirrel, verbal communication

The tale of samuel whiskers

Potter, Beatrix

Tom is a kitten who climbs up a chimney and gets lost. Samuel Whiskers is a rat who found Tom and wanted to make him into pudding. His family rescues him and expels the rats. Tom is now afraid of rats.

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animals, cat, cooperation, critical thinking, family, fear, food, lost, nonverbal communication, parents, rat, verbal communication

The tale of pigling bland

Potter, Beatrix

Pigling Bland is a young pig who is sent to the market with his brother by his mother. His brother gets taken away and he gets picked up by Mr. Piperson who takes him to his home. There he meets Pig-wig who was stolen by Mr. Piperson. The two of them decide to run away together.

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animals, companion, conflict resolution, decision making, family, pig, running away, siblings, travel, verbal communication

The tale of peter rabbit

Potter, Beatrix

Peter is a little rabbit who does not listen when his mother tells him to stay away from Mr. McGregor's garden. He goes to the garden and eats some vegetables until Mr. McGregor sees him and tries to catch him. Peter finally finds his way out, but then spends the evening in bed.

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animals, consequences, fear, garden, mischief, neighbors, nonverbal communication, rabbit, rules, vegetables, verbal communication

The tale of flopsy bunnies

Potter, Beatrix

The Flopsy Bunnies are a large family who sometimes do not have enough lettuce to eat so they have to steal from Mr. McGregor. The lettuce makes the bunnies sleepy and while they are asleep, Mr. McGregor catches them. A mouse helps to set them free.

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animals, critical thinking, food, mouse, nonverbal communication, overeating, rabbit, sleep, verbal communication

The take-along dog

Porte, Barbara Ann

Sam and Abigail take Benton, their dog, everywhere because their mother doesn't like him. However, she learns to like Benton when he scares away another dog to protect her.

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animals, assertiveness, bravery, dog, family, feelings, library, park, picnic, sports, swimming, verbal communication

The sweet touch

Balian, Lorna

Peggy receives a plastic gold ring that comes with a genie. The genie grants Peggy her wish: everything she touches will turn into sweets! Peggy develops a tummy-ache and wants the spell to be over. The genie's mother helps to undo the "sweet touch" spell.

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conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, genie, magic, verbal communication, wish

The surprise party

Hutchins, Pat

A rabbit is going to have a surprise party. He tells the owl that he is going to have a surprise party and the owl misunderstood what the rabbit said. The owl passes the misunderstood message on to others and everyone becomes confused.

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amphibians, animals, birds, confusion, duck, frog, party, rabbit, verbal communication

The surprise garden

Hall, Zoe

Three children eagerly wait to discover what marvelous plants will grow from the seeds they sowed.

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animals, author's note, bee, birds, bluejay, butterfly, celebration, colors, dog, family, flowers, food, garden, health, helping, insects, ladybug, nature, nonverbal communication, nutrition, party, pets, plants, rabbit, seasons, siblings, summer, sun, surprises, teamwork, verbal communication, water

The sunday outing

Pinkney, Gloria Jean

Ernestine and her great-aunt spent Sunday afternoons at the train station watching the passengers, and Ernestine always dreamed of being one of them. Finally Ernestine's family saves enough money so she can ride the train herself.

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excitement, family, feelings, goal setting, happiness, hope, independence, money, parents, stress management, train, transportation, verbal communication, worry

The sun's day

Gerstein, Mordicai

A description of times of a day and possible activities that people do during those times.

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critical thinking, differences, nonverbal communication, verbal communication

The summer sands

Garland, Sherry

When a raging storm destroys the sand dunes that several animals and plants called home, a community works together to restore the dunes in a most creative way. Includes an author's note about the ecology of the coastal sand dunes and what is being done to preserve them.

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animals, autumn, beach, birds, bodies of water, christmas, clouds, cold, colors, community, cooperation, crab, crustaceans, environment, family, five senses, flowers, fun, games, grandparents, habitat, helping, holidays, hurricane, imagination, multicultural, native american, nonverbal communication, ocean, rain, relaxation, sand, sea, seasons, sounds, storm, storytelling, summer, vacation, verbal communication, water, weather, wind, winter

The summer noisy book

Brown, Margaret Wise

A dog named Muffin is very aware of all the sounds surrounding him. He hears trains, whistles, animals, and other noises and explains what each thing sounds like.

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animals, critical thinking, dog, five senses, hearing, listening, noise, sounds, verbal communication

The sugar-gum tree

Wrightson, Patricia

Two friends have good times and bad times. When they argue, they usually solve their problems. But have things gone too far this time?

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argument, conflict resolution, differences, fight, friendship, verbal communication

The stupids take off

Allard, Harry//Marshall, James

The Stupid family go on a trip to escape from their bizarre uncle. While on their trip, they run into more bizarre relatives. They have one adventure after another until they reach home.

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adventures, family, humor, imagination, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, travel, verbal communication

The story of the three kingdoms

Myers, Walter Dean

A shark, elephant, and a hawk believe that each rules the earth. One day people show up and want to figure out why the animals will not share. They sit around and talk, coming up with stories to help get the animals to cooperate.

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animals, assertiveness, birds, conflict resolution, cooperation, critical thinking, decision making, elephant, fable, fish, hawk, intelligence, nonverbal communication, sharing, shark, verbal communication

The story of the four little children who went round the world

Lear, Edward

Four children decide to take an adventure around the world on a boat. They come to find many different lands with strange scenery.

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adventures, apathy, boat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, exploration, family, nonverbal communication, numbers, siblings, transportation, verbal communication

The story of noodles

Compestine, Ying Chang

The Kang family decides to switch up their usual annual cooking contest recipe from dumplings to 'noodles' with the help from their three rambunctious sons.

The story of may

Gerstein, Mordicai

May gets lost and is found by her Aunt Jane. She is informed that she has a father and trys to find him.

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assertiveness, autumn, colors, critical thinking, family, grandparents, lost, parents, plants, rain, seasons, siblings, snow, spring, summer, verbal communication, weather, wind, winter

The story of ferdinand

Leaf, Munro

Ferdinand is a bull who likes to smell flowers and be by himself. He grows up and is chosen to be in the bull fights. He enters the ring and sits down to sniff the flowers.

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animals, assertiveness, bull, conflict resolution, cow, fight, five senses, growing up, jumping, nonverbal communication, plants, refusal skills, running, self esteem, smell, verbal communication

The story of edward

Dumas, Philippe

Once in the real world, a donkey tried to pretend he is not a donkey. When he is discovered, he dances the waltz to capture his bride.

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animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, dancing, death, determination, donkey, exercise, goal setting, love, marriage, recreation, self esteem, verbal communication

The storekeeper

Pearson, Tracey Campbell

The storekeeper has many daily activities starting from early in the morning when the shop opens, until the store closes and it is time to go home.

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careers, decision making, nonverbal communication, responsibilities, verbal communication

The steam train crew

McLean, Andrew//McLean, Janet

The steam train needs to be on time today for Mary's party. But, Alf and Norm decide to get off to pick blackberries, only to lose the train!They finally catch it and make it on time.

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australian, celebration, companion, critical thinking, decision making, multicultural, party, responsibilities, time, train, transportation, verbal communication

The stars in my geddoh's sky

Matze, Claire Sidhom

Alex enjoys a brief but special visit of his grandfather to the United States from the Middle East. They spend a lot of time together as Alex learns of his grandfather's homeland, customs, religion, and language.

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arab, baseball, companion, correspondence, excitement, family, feelings, grandparents, islam, language, market, nonverbal communication, prayer, presents, religion, reunion, sadness, stars, surprises, symbols, teaching, traditions, verbal communication

The star rocker

Slate, Joseph

Old Cassie lives on a floating raft. One night, she tries to quiet the fears of her animal friends, by singing a lullaby near the pond.

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animals, bedtime, bodies of water, fear, feelings, friendship, music, nature, night, pond, song, stress management, verbal communication

The star counters

Luttrell, Ida

A king thinks that the stars in the sky are made of gold. He believes they all belong to him. He counts them every night to make sure that none are missing. When he gets tired of this, he tries to find an animal to count them for him.

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animals, assertiveness, bodies of water, conflict resolution, counting, cow, feelings, fox, moods, nonverbal communication, numbers, pond, refusal skills, royalty, seasons, sky, spring, stars, turtle, verbal communication

The squiggle

Schaefer, Carole Lexa

A young girl walking with her class finds a piece of string on the sidewalk. In her imagination, the string becomes a cloud, fireworks, a dragon, and more.

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assertiveness, chinese, clouds, dragons, feelings, fireworks, happiness, imagination, moon, multicultural, mythical, nonverbal communication, play, school, verbal communication

The spooky tail of prewitt

Peet, Bill

Prewitt's tail is very different than the other peacocks. His tail is scary, and everyone wants him to leave. He scares the tiger off who chases him, and soon, he becomes the leader of the group.

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animals, bias, birds, conflict resolution, decision making, differences, feelings, nonverbal communication, peacock, peer resistance, sadness, self esteem, stereotypes, tiger, verbal communication

The spider who created the world

MacDonald, Amy

Nobb, the spider, needs a place to set her egg but the sun, moon, and cloud don't want her around. Her only friend, Air, offers her a place but Air can't hold an egg so Nobb uses her net to catch the sun, moon, and cloud and uses pieces of them to create a home for her egg. When she had created the world the egg hatched and from it came all the creatures of the world.

The sorely trying day

Hobin, Russell

Father comes home after a long day of work. Things in the house are hectic and all the children blame each other and the pets. Eventually, they share the blame and apologize to each other.

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animals, argument, cat, conflict resolution, day, dog, family, mouse, parents, problem solving, siblings, stress management, verbal communication

The song of the day birds and the night birds

Ipcar, Dahlov

Among the different types of birds, we see which kinds of birds live in the day and the night. We are able to see what they do, sing, and eat while in their environment.

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birds, bluejay, comparisons, day, differences, diversity, environment, music, night, sparrow, uniqueness, verbal communication

The snow party

de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk

On a snowy, windy night at a Dakota farm, a lonely man and woman wishes for company, music, and a party. Suddenly all their wishes start to come true.

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assertiveness, conflict resolution, food, friendship, loneliness, nonverbal communication, nutrition, party, snow, verbal communication, weather

The snow lady

Hughes, Shirley

Sam and Barney build a snow lady that resembles their elderly neighbor, mean Mrs. Dean. Sam decides that it would only be polite to invite lonely Mrs. Dean to Christmas dinner.

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acceptance, christmas, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, food, friendship, holidays, neighbors, nonverbal communication, nutrition, peer resistance, play, recreation, seasons, verbal communication, winter

The snow goose

Gallico, Mary//Gallico, Paul

A young, naive girl attempts to understand her environment in the midst of war. She does this through the love of the birds who live in this area.

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autumn, birds, bodies of water, critical thinking, decision making, feelings, fog, goose, happiness, history, loss, love, nonverbal communication, rain, sadness, sea, seasons, snow, spring, summer, sun, verbal communication, war, weather, winter

The smallest cow in the world

Paterson, Katherine

A very mean cow named Rosie is sold by her owners. Five-year-old Marvin gets extremely upset when his parents move.

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animals, change, conflict resolution, coping, cow, family, farm, imagination, loneliness, mischief, moving, nonverbal communication, parents, refusal skills, sadness, security, siblings, verbal communication

The slumber party

Wild, Margaret

It is an exciting time for eight good friends as a birthday slumber party turns into an all night adventure. A frog named Cannibal, a mouse named Curly, and a yellow monkey make this night a night to remember.

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adventures, birthday, celebration, conflict resolution, family, friendship, mischief, nonverbal communication, parents, verbal communication

The sleeping lady

Dixon, Ann

Nekatla and Susitha are a young couple preparing to wed. THe wedding is put on hold when war breaks out, and Nekatla must travel to another village to try to restore peace. Susitha waits on a grassy hill for Nekatla to return, and she falls asleep. Nekatla is killed in war, and Susitha never awakens and is now known as the sleeping lady.

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adventures, anger, author's note, bravery, celebration, communication, conflict resolution, culture, death, decision making, dreams, fable, feelings, happiness, history, hope, loss, love, nonverbal communication, relationship, sleep, snow, teamwork, verbal communication, violence, war, weather, wedding, worry

The sky was blue

Zolotow, C.

As a little girl looks through old pictures in a photo album, her mom explains to her that the sky will always be blue, the grass will always be green, and everything will be just the same when she grows up.

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change, clothing, colors, dolls, family, feelings, growing up, happiness, history, memories, nature, nonverbal communication, parents, sky, traditions, verbal communication

The sky dog

Turkle, Brinton

While spending the summer at the beach, a boy notices that the clouds look like a dog. He wishes the dog was real and that it belonged to him. One day the boy finds a dog like the one in the clouds. He asks people in the town if it belongs to them, but no one claims it. At the end of the summer, the boy takes the dog home.

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animals, beach, bodies of water, clouds, community, dog, feelings, happiness, lost, nonverbal communication, ocean, pets, sadness, seasons, summer, travel, verbal communication, weather

The silence in the mountains

Rosenberg, Liz

Iskander and his family live in Lebanon until war breaks out. Then, they are forced to flee the country they love to live in American where there is no war. However, Iskander is homesick. To help him feel better, each of his family members do something special to make him feel better.

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airplane, animals, car, cow, family, farm, fear, feelings, goat, grandparents, homesickness, lebanese, mountains, multicultural, nonverbal communication, parents, sadness, silence, transportation, travel, verbal communication, violence, war, woods

The sign in mendel's window

Phillips, Mildred

A small Jewish community is very trusting of a stranger who rents out half of Mendel's shop. But when the man returns to town with two policemen, will Mendel be charged with stealing?This closeknit community works together

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assertiveness, community, conflict resolution, critical thinking, deception, decision making, Jewish, multicultural, problem solving, trust, truth, verbal communication

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